How Palpatine Spent his Sextillions of Credits - Star Wars Explained 

Palpatine had sextillions of credits yet he didn't waste a single penny on Gucci drip. Respect.

An interesting point to consider is that according to the novel Tarkin Palpatine didn't actually care much about wealth. He truly cared more about Power. The luxury he surrounded himself was partly to indulge old fantasies and to reinforce his status in the eyes of the galaxy.

"how palpitine spent his fat stacks" is not a sentence id ever thought id hear

It's funny because, conversely, the Emperor often seemed so...humble? He wasn't, certainly, but he carried no jeweled scepter, and wore no golden crown. He didn't garb himself in the finest clothes, but instead wore simple, black robes,and even his cane was rather nondescript. I totally accept that he had all the money, and bought the most expensive things, but he didn't have to flaunt any of it to remind people of his status; he was the Emperor, and everybody knew.

Palpatine was always a minimalist. He told Plaguies this back when he was the son of a royal on Naboo. Palpatine never cared for wealth or other worldly pleasures. Unlimited power and immortality were his only priority

Well as Emperor, it wasn’t on cosmetics, clothes, dental care or nail clippers.

I know what he did: Paying off the credit card bill for the first Death Star

Palpatine’s hobby “I still have enemies to find and destroy…”😂😂😂

Ngl, I think Vader fell to the dark side after realizing how much of a Sugar Daddy Palpatine would of been 😂

I wonder, if he was SO absurdly rich. I wonder if in their verse if there's holonet shows, on their version of the History Channel if there's famous treasure and fortune hunters searching for "Palpatines Lost Imperial Fortune " the way some STILL go an hunt for lost Spanish, Pirate or Nazi Gold an other fortunes/relics like in our reality

In the video on modifications I made to the Imperial Palace, don't forget to mention the water slide I had installed in the Room of a Thousand Fountains. It's the best water slide in the galaxy. I'm really proud of it.

"We'll explain how Palpatine spent his fat stacks" 😂 Btw, the C in Scimitar makes an S-sound. Ssssimitar.

I love all your videos. Random thought while watching this one...Palpatine's real superpower was not just the Force or the Dark Side...it was time management. How did this guy manage to do all this???!!!???

As Emperor , Palpatine owned the galaxy......... it was his. Therefore everything in the galaxy belonged to him , including every single credit. He could spend it as he pleased , on whatever he pleased . But why purchase anything when you own everything , all that he had to do was take whatever he desired .

One thing I'm kind of surprised about is that while the Jedi are against relationships, I'd figure the opposite of that would be to indulge in lustful relationships as Sith. I haven't seen any of this though from the Dark Side. The Jedi live more simple lives, and abstain from sex. Only makes sense (to me) that the Sith would indulge in wealth, luxury, and sex.

Pretty sure the Santhe and Sienar shipping companies far predated Palpatine's birth. Though given the two companies' merger in the waning days of the Republic, it's possible either Palpatine or Damask (or both) had a hand in orchestrating it.

My ears bled a little every time I heard "skimitar"

I think it’s important to note that palps certainly had LLC’s set up and didn’t own anything but rather his companies did. The empire incorporated 😂

Palpatine just casully milked everyone

TODAY, ON "LIFESTYLES OF THE SITH AND FAMOUS!" SHEEV PAPLATINE!

As a collector of antiques and artifacts, if i could have any of Palpatine's expensive possessions, I'd probably choose the statues of the four sages. Not only are they cool looking, but being from the dawn of the republic they'd be at least 20,000 years old

Actually it says in the book that he sold the lake house Plageuis was taken to and Palpatine bought a modest apartment on Corucsant, before he moved into 500 Republica. House Palpatine must have had a larger house on Naboo if they referred to that as the lake house. Palpatine also mentions that his house was far from the richest on the Naboo. I remember Prince Xizor said that the cost of a skyhook would be just a small pail out of the Emperors vast sea of wealth. (Shadows of the Empire - one of the best SW books btw)

I thought he inherited Plaugius' wealth upon his masters death? That would have been the largest amount he received at one time.

Extremely interesting. Interesting to know how much he had and what he did with it. But it didn't matter to him. It was only for status. To show off to his allies,and his enemies. He loved being Sith Lord and using the Force when he wanted. He only respected power and loved it. Being Emperor and Sith Lord was ultimate thrill for him.. He liked trinkets to too but much less than this. It would be nice to have some luxuries. Like gifts he got from the senators. May the Force be with you too😊

Im actually listening to labyrinth of evil . In legends he built a new imperial/ galactic Palace. Right beside the jedi temple, Palace. Which was then a private wing of the larger Palace structure

🤣🤣🤣 I LOVE how the thumbnail for this vid is Palpatine with the quote “I got fat stacks.” 😂😂😂

He spent it on deathsticks!

I really love all these videos! Thanks for the great work! Also, the ways in which the narrator is pronouncing some words is driving me up a wall. 😆

So, what you're trying to tell me is; Sheev's promotion from senator to emperor was less an upward one and more of a lateral one....neat.

What happened to the Darkside relics, after the fall of the Empire? Were the items never found or were they spirited away to another stronghold to wait for Palpatine's return?

Palpatine is rolling in 💰

Amazing video

Who was wealthier? The House of Palpatine or The House of Count Dooku?

Merry Christmas Stupendous Wave. And great video too.

A man of culture I see.

Merry Christmas can't wait to see that video when palpatine took over and changed the Jedi temple

Love the thumbnail, would be hilarious to hear Ian Mcdiarman say in Palpatines voice and cadence that he has fat stacks😂

A really unique and interesting video! I haven’t seen ANYONE else ever dive into the subject of Emperor Palpatines vast wealth. So kudos to you for that. One thing you had mentioned was that Palpatine funded the entirety of the Clone Army from his OWN pocket. But in the Darth Plagues novel the order was placed by Hego Damask through his company Damask Holdings, and through the intermediary of a Jedi Master Syfo Dias. So none of that said anything about Palpatine paying for it out of his own pocket. Could it be a Legends vs. Canon discrepancy? I would really be interested to see a video on Grand Admiral Thrawns background, facts about the Chiss people, the culture and traditions of the Chiss, the facts that Chiss navigators called “Skywalker’s” are actually force sensitive children navigating the unknown regions etc. A lot of information to cover in regards to Thrawn, his people, his society, worlds, military etc.

Merry Christmas! I hope you do a Video about more Objects of great value.

I love the way the narrator in this says "Fat stacks".

And here I was thinking that the wealth of Paalpatine was amassed starting with Bane, up until Damask. Not to mention Palpatine's familial wealth. Now I'm being told that he had some loot in his couch lol

I absolutely lovvvved this video, definitely do more topics like this. I really love getting down to minutia of the star wars universe its political sphere its finances the technology and also the characters and what happened between major events why they do what they did, how they do what they did, their motivations but also how thier day to day actions amd how those actions led into these massive iconic events we all know and love. I know alot of people hate all the politcal stuff in episode 2 bc it makee the movie drag in the middle but i think it wouldve actuwlly been really compelling and interesting if it had been spread over like say a couple seasons of a snow. Showing the different senators and their motivations and the back stabbing subterfuge but also good senators trying to do what they felt was the right thing but also the ones that appeared on the side of good but had secret nefarious agendas for personal gain, to a lesser than palpafine as hes the master of that but still probably compelling and huge in scale bc its over a whole galaxy. Even papa palps in all his immense power couldnt rule the galaxy without tons of delegation. Sorry i began to rant but thats why i love tnis channel bc it goes into the little tiny things i wonder about the star wats universe its an almost 50 year old icon of pop culture so it has so much buried deep in the cracks and layers that isnt explored that much or that deeply by other channels

Imagining Palpatine in a pool is…unsettling

How many 1/2 naked Twi'leks would he employ to dance for him at once...or better? 😄 Do anything the f*ck you like when you're an insanely wealthy, poweful and Emperor!

Merry Christmas all

Bro got sextillion credits and walk around in a dirty ass towel🤣

So the Jedi were jealous of Palpatine because he had that exclusive apartment and most likely Anakin got to go there.

you could imagine him using the archives of the jedi temple to stash his expensive wine and antique collection, probably the sort of guy to sit writing his sith journal with a big glass of port wine

I'd also imagine he was able to use mental manipulation to get an advantage in business dealings.

This is a instant stupendous wave classic

The force sensitivity for one, but also the scimitar and the lightsabers and enough credits where the interest is always more than enough to keep the ship running smoothly Be like a high class evil ronin

Could you do a video called, what was Palpatine’s credit score?

Hyped for the Temple vid

Now you need to make a holocron on Marka Ragnoses wealth after putting this idea in our head. Very interesting video. Keep it up!

My soul einced each time he said scimitar lol. Otherwise a phenomenal video and definitely giving the channel a subscription

Id expect his military expenditure was psyed gor by the treasury, tax payer's. Senate. Palatine sold his family home ( convergence) before he became ambassador at large. And senator. . He got an luxurious apartment in theeed

Hey! Sorosuub Luxury Yacht 3000! Always love to see stuff from SWG pop up in these videos!

I think I would only want. His shuttle. & the create of metal. That survived the destruction of Alderaan.

Papa plas had bands fr I think I remember hearing somewhere the cost of 1 clone was around 200000 credits. I could be wrong

He’s the richest man alive, and yet they still couldn’t get Vader properly fitting boots.

What was that? A road wide enough to accommodate 8 ATAT,s or 80 ATAT,s.

Palpatine doesn't need to pay huge amounts of money to have something. In his book Shadows of Empire, he included an employee who accepted a higher paying offer into his retirement program.

very good video

Palpatine the GOAT

*Anakin:* My Lord, how did you finance the Death Star? *Palpatine:* Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth J. Powell from the FED? *Anakin:* No. *Palpatine:* I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Wallstreet legend. Darth J. Powell was a Dark Lord of the Wallstreet so powerful and so wise, he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create... money. He had such a knowledge of the dark side, he could even keep interest... from the ones he cared about *Anakin:* He could actually... save people from paying for their debt? *Palpatine:* The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. *Anakin:* What happened to him? *Palpatine:* He became so powerful, the only thing he was afraid of was inflation... which, eventually of course, happened. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice margin called him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from debt... but not himself. *Anakin:* Is it possible to learn this power? *Palpatine:* Not without a money printer.

Rule of 2 really made it all possible

11:43 By beginning days, I'm assuming you mean post-Ruusan Reformations, as the Sith Empire was completely unknown to either the Republic or the Jedi Order at the time of the Republic's founding circa 25,000 BBY.

I bet one of his ships was a "love boat"!

George R.R. Martin: What was Palpatine's tax policy?

That was a good one.

I imagined he spent it all on walking sticks and designer robes 😂

Man, he had some serious cash

Spice and twileks

I was part of a SW tabletop RPG wherein the DM led the party to the discovery that Palpatine had done kind of 4D chess Gordon Gecko dealings, and financed the Empire with junk bonds and investments, and the GCW was his way of collecting/covering for it.

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Damn, Palpatine is so extra. Which is funny once you realize that all you have to do is shove him down a flight of stairs to end his reign.

You should really know your protocol, young padawan ;). A king is "his royal majesty". Whereas an emperor is always styled "his imperial majesty". An imperial majesty outranks a mere royal majesty (i.e. king). In the old day a king wasn't even adressed as majesty, but as "your grace". But as the European kings grew envious of the Holy Roman emperor, they copied the title of majesty, necessitating the present-day distinction between a royal (e.g. King Willem of the Netherlands or King Charles of the UK) and an imperial majesty (e.g. emperor Naruhito of Japan).

His net worth was basically the star wars galaxy

See! They say billionaires can't be ethical, look at this sextillioniare!

I like to think it’s like Seth McFarland did in robot chicken

Out of curiosity does the different media explain what happened to the other lesser temples prior to and after order 66?

As Empress, we could go on marvelous vacations, eat fine food, and sit in the Jacuzzi. Even more fun, we can zap things together.

I wonder if they ever did a TV show during Star Wars Legends kind of like Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and did an episode for Emperor Palpatine?

Thanks for enlightening me on how much Palps was worth; I knew he had to get the money to fund the clone army somewhere. I wonder if we’ll ever get a film adaptation of Palpatine’s life.

It may have been done, but could you do a video explaining how Padmé went from queen to just a senator of naboo.

How are you the emperor of the universe and still be broke. Get your bread up palps

BALLER!!

Let’s go band for band, Yoda…

Scimitar: Sim - it - tar

Sex, drugs, art, mansions and fast cars

Scimitar- si -muh-tr

sidious lightsabers will always be one of the major ones to me

I would want Revan's mask and lightsabers

Is it known how exactly palpatine covered his parents murder up?

He had the Palpatines island

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS

Those Death Stars ain’t cheap.

Well, you cant really tell the emperor "your card has been declined" can you?

Having the massed wealth of the galaxy and the accumulated wealth of the Sith over a thousand years. For Sidious was nothing more than a means to an end, enabling him to buy and maintain power in many different forms and means throughout the empire visa either new dark side knowledge and power or military might of his forces.

What would I want out of all Palps' stuff?? One of his ships.. the Scimitar! Have scrolled the comments for somebody wanting an island to steal life force and torture kids into Inquisitors but.. no sickos here haha